Six Huskers in Preseason Rankings

By NU Athletic Communications

| 09/17/2012

Amateur
Wrestling News released its 2012-13 preseason rankings for each weight class on
Monday as six Nebraska wrestlers were named to the list. The top 20 Division I
wrestlers in all 10 weight classes earned spots.

At
133 pounds, Ridge Kiley earned the No. 15 ranking. The senior started at 133
pounds last season for the Huskers, going 17-16 with an 11-8 record in duals.
Kiley took eighth place at the Big Ten Championships and earned an invitation
to the NCAA Championships.

Jake
Sueflohn is No. 10 in the 141 weight class preseason rankings. As a freshman
last season, Sueflohn went 25-11 and 13-4 in duals. After a fifth-place showing
at the Big Ten Championships, the Watertown, Wis., native went 1-2 at the NCAA
Championships. Additionally, Sueflohn finished second at the Nebraska-Kearney
Holiday Inn Open and took third at the Cliff Keen Invitational.

Fellow
sophomore James Green is ranked sixth at 157 pounds. Green was an All-American
as a true freshman last season, earning a seventh-place finish at the NCAA
Championships. Green won a team-best 34 matches in 2011-12, going 14-4 in dual
meets. His 13 major decisions also led the team.

At
165 pounds, Robert Kokesh earned the No. 6 ranking. The sophomore from Wagner,
S.D., went 30-7 as a redshirt-freshman in 2011-12. He led the Huskers with a
17-2 record in dual meets, compiling 68 dual points in the process. Kokesh
finished third at the Big Ten Championships before going 2-2 at the NCAA
Championships.

Senior
Tyler Koehn is ranked 13th in the 174 weight class after going 20-13
last season. The Pittsburg, Kan., native went 13-5 in duals, earning 43 points
for NU. Koehn was one of eight NCAA qualifiers on the Husker squad as a junior.
In addition, Koehn finished second at the Nebraska-Kearney Holiday Inn Open.

Fellow
senior Josh Ihnen is ranked sixth at 184 pounds. The 2012 All-American went
26-8 as a junior and 16-3 in duals. His 60 dual points were second on the team
while his eight major decisions were third. Ihnen, who was named Nebraska's
Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2012, finished second at the Big Ten Championships
before earning an eighth-place result at the NCAA Championships.

The
Huskers open their season on Nov. 4 at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open in
Brookings, S.D.